Alex Holub

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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“The Hitchiker” by Alex Holub

Submitted to Contest #110

The Hitchhiker A 1987 red Cobra convertible, with its top-down, slides to a stop in the loose gravel alongside the highway. Brady looks back and sees a man with long black hair held back with a red cloth headband standing next to the road. Brady seldom picks up hitchhikers, but the drive from Tucson has been long and monotonous, and the man is the first person Brady's seen since leaving the workshop. Why the hell did he listen to Josh? "There's a shortcut that'll save you twenty miles," Josh said. "It's called Highway 66. It used to be the m...

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“April Fool” by Alex Holub

Submitted to Contest #87

Justin's been waiting all year for today. When he hears his mother's car pull into the garage, he rushes to the door. "Did you get them, mom? Did you?" "Yes, Justin, I got them," Ginny said, and she sets two bags of groceries on the kitchen table. Justin turns his attention to the bags, rummages through their contents, and pulls out two produce bags along with a bag of caramel pieces. "Super cool. Thanks, mom." "You're welcome, although I don't know what you want …" Ginny's interrupted by her phone. "Hi Patsy, yes, it's still on." Ginny's vo...

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